By Dean Acker
Register Bowling Columnist
RICHMOND —
Neil Haggard rolled his second 300 game of the season in the Friday Night Mixed League last week
His perfect game was part of a personal-best 792 series, which is the second-highest series bowled at Galaxy this season. Haggard’s previous 300 game was bowled in the Galaxy Classic League.
Haggard averaged 229 for nine games at Galaxy last week as he also bowled a 609 series on Monday and a 663 series on Wednesday.
Tammy Fourre bowled the top women’s game for the week with a 230 score in the Galaxy Girls League, while Beverly Shearer and Andi Daly tied for the highest women’s series at 578.
City tournament starts Saturday
The Madison County Bowling Association’s annual City Tournament is scheduled for the weekends of Jan. 28 and 29 and Feb. 4 and 5. There will be two sessions each day at noon and 3 p.m.
MCBA members who have bowled at least 12 games in a sanctioned league at Galaxy during the 2011-12 season are eligible to enter.
There will be team, doubles and singles events. The handicap used will be 100 percent of the difference between the bowler’s average and 220. The entry fee is $20 per bowler per event.
League Highlights
Galaxy Classic
Three men — Brandon Lutes (729), Keith Nash (714) and Aaron Rose (708) — bowled a 700 series in this league last Monday. It was the second consecutive week that Nash had reached the 700 level.
Lutes (269) and David Norman (259) rolled the top games for the night.
Eleven men — Brandon Simpson (694), Tyler Morgan (683), Mike Riley (661), David Norman (656), John Poynter (654), Spider Weaver (652), Barry Miller (631), Larry Leach (625), Lewis Jones, Jr. (619), Bill Bowles (612) and Neil Haggard (609) — bowled a 600 series at this session.
Three lady members of the league — Rita Morgan (559), Andi Daly (517) and Wilma Whittamore (503) — rolled series scores or more than 500. Morgan bowled the top women’s game at 212.
There were 55 200-level games bowled at this session by 34 league members. Their names and best scores are included in the list of top games at the end of this column.
Galaxy Girls
Tammy Fourre set a new high for this league this season with a no-miss 230 game.
Amy Felty rolled the best series for the night for the league members at 519 and the second-best game at 195. Donna Haney (501) bowled the second-highest series.
Sub Beverly Shearer bowled a no-miss 213 game and 578 series.
Splits were converted by Fourre (4-10), Narita Rose (6-7-10), Lois Evans (3-7-10), Linda Combs (3-5-10), Emma Tate (3-9-10), Pauline Denny (5-7) and Carole Bales (6-7-9-10).
Early Birds
The top series in this league last Wednesday were bowled by Beverly Shearer (549) and Joyce Kearns (483). They also rolled the best games — 198 by Kearns and 189 by Shearer.
Carroll Hackworth picked up two splits — a 5-7 and a 3-7.
Wednesday Wonders
The top games by the members of this league last week were 235 each by Cody Daly and Aaron Rose and a 225 by Lewis Jones Sr.
Rose bowled the best series (675) with David Norman and Don L. Johnson next at 614 each.
Sub Neil Haggard bowled a 247 game and 663 series.
The league’s women were led by Andi Daly with a 204 game and 578 series. Ryan Smith (194) rolled the second-best women’s game and Jennifer Morris the second-highest series (439).
Dana Starnes picked up a 3-10 split.
Classic Doubles
Mike Huser set a new high for the second half of the split season in this league with a 235 game, which was part of a 619 series. David Robinson rolled the second-best scores for the night with a 204 game and 590 series.
Tina Hisle led the league’s women with a 200 game and 520 series while Gail Campbell bowled the second-best women’s series (469) and Beverly Shearer the second-highest game (180).
Campbell converted a 2-4-10 and a 3-10 split.
Arlington
Connie Bowlin rolled the top series in this league last Tuesday (534) and she tied Linda Bowles for the high game at 190.
Emma Reams had the next-best game (178) and Bridget Settles bowled the second-best series (472).
Splits were converted by Jan Barnes (5-7 and 3-10), Joyce Kearns (5-7), Tina Hunter (5-10), Sue Hegelmeyer (5-7) and Sherry Ernst (5-7).
Friday Night Mixed
Neil Haggard rolled his second 300 game of the season last week. His perfect game was part of a career-best 792 series.
Haggard’s perfect game came in the second game of his series. He just missed a 300 score in the first game as he misfired on the first ball in the 10th frame and finished with a 279. Two open frames in the third game ended his chance at an 800 series.
Lewis Jones Jr. had the next-best scores for the night with a 268 game and 692 series. Robert Richmond (617) and John Hickam (611) also bowled series scores of more than 600.
Novel Davis (198) and Narita Rose (173) bowled the top games for the women and they also bowled the best series — 506 for Rose and 488 for Davis.
Robert Lamb rolled his career-first 200 game with a 205 score.
TGIF
The top men’s series last week were 568 by Merle Meade and 549 by Terry Malin. Malin (214) and Meade (203) also rolled the top games for the male members of the league. Sub Steve McKnight bowled a 235 game.
Pat Harris (211) and Beverly Shearer (200) rolled the best women’s games while Sandy Reynolds (562) and Shearer (533) recorded the highest series scores.
Al McKnight converted a 3-10 split.
Cash Money League
John Hickam (630) and Gary Cromer (557) bowled the top series in this league last Monday while David Pugh (221) and Hickam (215) rolled the high games.
The best women’s series were 378 by Colleen Jackson and 337 by Mary Mink. Mink (142) and Jackson (135) also bowled the best women’s games.
Bad Bowlers No-Tap
Nine pins down with the first ball in a frame counts as a strike in no-tap leagues.
The top series in this league on Tuesday were 694 by David Robinson and 682 by Ed Maggard. Maggard (263) and Robinson (246) rolled the top games for the night. Maggard opened his second game with nine strikes, but a 4-5-7 split in the 10th frame ended his chances for a no-tap 300 game.
April Brumfield led the ladies with a 221 game and 566 series followed by Joanna Dickey at 159 and 425.
Madison Central bowling
The Madison Central bowling team, coached by Mark Harrison and Deborah Druen, hosted a match against Corbin High School last Thursday at the Galaxy Center.
Central won both Baker Style matches 166-156 and 130-87, but the Redhounds won the standard matches and total pins to capture five of the seven possible points. Five team members alternate bowling a frame in Baker Style matches.
While the Central co-ed team was bowling the Corbin boys, the Corbin girls were bowling the Wayne County girls on adjacent lanes.
The top scores for the young Central bowlers for the night were: Chris Wells (188), Adam Cromer (155), Josh Maynard (135), Blake Jackson (132), Deborah Harrison (131), Eli Vaughn (130) and Christian Jackson (123).
I am pleased that Madison Central and Madison Southern are among the 80 Kentucky high schools sponsoring teams during this first season that bowling has been sanctioned by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association. I hope that other schools in this area will sponsor teams next year.
Last Week’s Top Games
Men’s Games
Neil Haggard 300
Brandon Lutes 269
Lewis Jones Jr. 268
David Norman 259
Brandon Simpson 258
Tyler Morgan 256
Keith Nash 247
Bill Bowles 245
Robert Richmond 245
Larry Leach 242
Mike Riley 242
Aaron Rose 238
Mike Huser 235
Cody Daly 235
Kenny Smith 235
Steve McKnight 235
Mike E. Bryant 234
Spider Weaver 233
David Whittamore 233
John Poynter 232
Ron Gugel 231
Barry Miller 227
Bruce Watson 227
Lewis Jones Sr. 225
Bryan Pianovski 224
Ronnie Thomas 223
Peanut Johnson 222
David Pugh 221
Mark Rogers 219
Spencer Boots 219
Matt Wiezorek 215
John Hickam 215
Randy Burgess Sr. 214
Matthew Ray 214
Terry Malin 214
Ronald Richmond 214
Robert Sewell 214
Steve Woltering 214
Ron Roberts 211
Robert Johnson 210
Don L. Johnson 210
Rick Burton 209
Glenn Masters 207
Lynn Estes 207
Robert Lamb 205
Ronnie Hurd 205
Paul Dapkus 204
David Robinson 204
Merle Meade 203
Gary Holtzclaw 202
Joe Reichel 201
Women’s Games
Tammy Fourre 230
Beverly Shearer 213
Rita Morgan 212
Pat Harris 211
Andi Daly 204
Tina Hisle 200
Joyce Kearns 198
Novel Davis 198
Sandy Reynolds 196
Amy Felty 195
Ryan Smith 194
Connie Bowlin 190
